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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1994
Joseph E Fattori, Mendham, NJ (US);
The Mennen Company, Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
Described is a dispensing package for a flowable viscous product which can relieve residual pressure on the product in the package, so as to avoid product weeping out of the package. The package uses an elevator to force product out of the package, the elevator including resilient structure to spring-bias the elevator in a direction away from the product outlet of the package. After dispensing the desired amount of product, this spring bias retracts the elevator so as to relieve residual pressure. Also described is structure for moving the elevator which provides both axial movement and reciprocating axial movement, without creating difficulty for the consumer to cause elevator movement between the first and second portions.